Hanson v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. The applicant was sentenced to five years on a charge, to which he plead guilty, of storehouse breaking, larceny and receiving stolen goods. A previous application for leave to appeal was denied by this court on October 5, 1950. Hanson v. Warden, 196 Md. 669, 75 A (2) 924. Certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court. 340 U. S. 879, 71 S. Ct. 117.

The applicant now contends that his sentence was excessive, in that Code, Article 27, Sec. 389 (1947 Suppl.) provides a maximum penalty of eighteen months for the…